And Yo’aḇ
But he, wishing to declare himself righteous, said to יהושע, “And who is my neighbour?”
“The heart is crooked above all, and desperately sick – who shall know it?
He who hides his transgressions does not prosper, But he who confesses and forsakes them finds compassion.
Yet He filled their houses with the good! (But the counsel of the wrong has been far from me).
See, is their good not in their own hand? (The counsel of the wrong has been far from me).
And he said, “Far be it from me, O יהוה, to do this – the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives!” So he would not drink it. This is what the three mighty men did.
But Amasa was not on guard against the sword in Yo’aḇ
“I am of the peaceable and trustworthy ones in Yisra’ĕ
“That is not the case. But a man from the mountains of Ephrayim, Sheḇ
